Ubuntu 25.04: USN-7537-1 critical: net-tools input handling flaw

ubuntu

May 27, 2025

net-tools could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted input.

Summary

net-tools could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it

opened a specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- net-tools: NET-3 networking toolkit

Details:

It was discovered that net-tools incorrectly handled certain inputs.

An attacker could possible use this issue to cause a crash or execute

arbitrary code.

Topics Covered

security advisory software update code execution Ubuntu net-tools input handling

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.04
  net-tools                       2.10-1.1ubuntu1.25.04.1

Ubuntu 24.10
  net-tools                       2.10-1.1ubuntu1.24.10.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  net-tools                       2.10-0.1ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  net-tools                       1.60+git20181103.0eebece-1ubuntu5.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  net-tools                       1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.